The Board has granted service connection for cervical arthritis and remanded the issues of sleep condition (undiagnosed illness) due to active duty service.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on evidence showing a current diagnosis of cervical arthritis with pain in July 2004, within one year of separation from active duty. The Board found no affirmative evidence to rebut this finding and thus granted service connection for the condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical arthritis, Sleep condition (undiagnosed illness)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18160776
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development due to the need for a medical opinion regarding the presence of ankylosis in his cervical spine.
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